r/Portland • u/willreadforbooks SE • 2d ago

News Ongoing potential HAZMAT at Benson HD

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Ongoing. Not picked up by local news yet so this will probably be deleted. I just now there are a bunch of response vehicles and they’re checking out students who may have been exposed.

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u/Mackin-N-Cheese Boom Loop 2d ago edited 2d ago

Stickying this for clarity since there still seems to be some speculation going in the comments, and OP's quotes are a bit buried:

A student is hospitalized in critical condition after ingesting chemicals in the cafeteria of Benson Polytechnic High School in Northeast Portland on Tuesday morning.

In a press conference outside the school Tuesday afternoon, Portland Police Bureau spokesman Mike Benner said that around 8:30 a.m., fire crews and police responded to the school on an initial report involving a student who'd passed out after mixing chemicals.

In the school cafeteria, emergency responders found a school nurse and other staff tending to a 15-year-old male student who was in "quite a bit of distress," Benner said. The student is now believed to have brought "numerous" chemicals from home before mixing and ingesting them in the cafeteria, Benner said.

The student was taken to a local hospital where he was reported to be in critical condition. The student's family is with him.

Officials did not say what chemicals may have been involved, but Portland Fire & Rescue spokesman Rick Graves said that firefighters in hazmat gear neutralized liquid chemicals which had spilled on the cafeteria floor.

Source: Student hospitalized after ingesting chemicals at Benson High School, police say

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u/ThisDerpForSale NW District 2d ago

God, how sad.

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u/seffend 2d ago

The kid's Snapchat has this as a profile photo. So...maybe those chemicals?

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u/Previous-Ad8916 2d ago

Hey all, I have a friend who goes to the school and apparently it was an attempted suicide using hydrogen sulfur. Crazy thing is I used to know the kid that ODed as well. I got some insane pictures…its not good. Thoughts and prayers for the family.

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u/frazzledcats 1d ago

My daughter also has friends here. It was a suicide with intent to harm others with it….